Kim Tae-yong
Born (1969-12-09) December 9, 1969 (age 54)
Seoul, South Korea
EducationYonsei University - Politics and Diplomacy
Korean Academy of Film Arts - Filmmaking
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Years active1998–present
Spouse
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(m. 2014)​
Children1
Korean name
Hangul
김태용
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGim Tae-yong
McCune–ReischauerKim T'aeyong

Kim Tae-yong (born December 9, 1969) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. After his feature directorial debut Memento Mori (1999), he helmed the critically-acclaimed Family Ties (2006), and the English-language remake Late Autumn (2010).

Career

Tae-yong graduated from Yonsei University in 1994 with a major in politics and diplomacy, and first became involved in Korean cinema through a friend, who was an assistant director of an independent production. Inspired by the vibrant atmosphere that came with working on a set, Kim then enrolled at the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA) in 1996. He met and became friends with fellow director Min Kyu-dong while at KAFA, where he and his classmates would work on short films as a part of the crew and doing lighting. In 1999, Kim and Min received the offer to direct Memento Mori as a sequel to the horror film Whispering Corridors (1998), and so began Kim’s foray into commercial cinema.

In some ways, Memento Mori might be considered the most influential Korean horror film of the 2000s. Although it was not a box-office hit, the film is frequently cited by young filmmakers and cinema fans as a modern-day classic. At the time of its release and in the intervening years, most critics tended to focus their attention on the other of Memento Mori's co-directors, Min Kyu-dong, however the release of Family Ties in spring 2006 established Kim as a highly regarded filmmaker in his own right. His intimate portrayal of a totally unconventional but non-dysfunctional family garnered multiple domestic and international awards.[1][2]

Kim's third feature film Late Autumn was a remake of Lee Man-hee's 1966 classic Manchu set in Seattle.[3][4][5] It was also critically acclaimed and became the highest-grossing Korean film in China.[6]

Kim then joined the restoration project and re-directed Crossroads of Youth (1934) by "performing" Korea’s oldest known silent film with live narration (by the byeonsa) and musical accompaniment.[7][8]

Apart from his feature films, Kim has been active in a variety of creative endeavors, from hosting a cinema-themed TV show on EBS to directing plays, shooting documentaries and making cameo appearances (both times as a film director) in the films All for Love (2005) by Min Kyu-dong and Family Matters (2006) by Nam Seon-ho.

Personal life

Kim married Chinese actress Tang Wei on July 12, 2014, in the front yard of the home of film legend Ingmar Bergman on the remote Swedish island of Fårö.[9][10][11][12][13] A formal wedding ceremony was later held in Hong Kong, with only immediate family members as guests.[14][15][16] The couple first met in 2009 when he directed her in the film Late Autumn, and began dating in October 2013 after Tang shot a commercial in Korea.[17][18][19][20]

Filmography

Feature film

Feature film credits
Year Title Credited as Notes
English Korean Director Screenplay Producer
1999 Memento Mori 여고괴담 두번째 이야기 Yes[a] Yes No [21][22]
2006 Family Ties 가족의 탄생 Yes Yes No [23][24]
2011 Late Autumn 만추 Yes Yes No [25][26][27]
2011 Choked 가시 No No No Crew member
TBA Wonderland 원더랜드 Yes Yes No [28]

Short film

Film credits
Year Title Credited as Notes
English Korean Director Screenplay Producer
1997 Free to Fly 열일곱 Yes[a] Yes No Also editor[29]
1998 Wannabe No No No Crew Member
1998 Pale Blue Dot 창백한 푸른 점 Yes[a] Yes No Also editor, cinematographer, music[30]
1998 Everything I Got: Marco Polo's View 동방견문록 No No No cinematographer
2003 Engineering—Her Accident 이공—그녀의 사고 Yes Yes No [31]
2005 Digital Short Film Omnibus Project Twentidentity (I-gong) 디지털 단편 옴니버스 프로젝트 이공 No No No Other crew
2005 Pass Me 이공 - seg. 이 공을 받아줘(Pass Me) Yes Yes No Short film from Twentidentity[32]
2006 On the Road, Two 온 더 로드, 투 Yes No Yes rockumentary on Yoon Do Hyun Band's European tour[33]
2007 155 miles 155 마일 No No Yes
Girl on the Run 달리는 차은 Yes No No short film from If You Were Me 4[34]
2008 Cinema Paradise 시네마 천국 Yes Yes No Also editor[35]
2009 Gaze 1318 시선 1318 Yes Yes No [36]
Take Action, Now or Never! 모두들 하고 있습니까? Yes Yes No Green Film Festival in Seoul short film[37]
2011 After All, We're Still in Love 오랜 연인들 Yes Yes No [38]
2012 Right on me 라잇 온 미 No Script proofreading No [39]
You Are More Than Beautiful 뷰티풀 2012 Yes No Yes Youku short film[40]
2013 Jury 주리 Assistant director No No [41]
Have a Cup of Tea, or See a Film! 차라도 한 잔, 영화도 한 편! No No Yes Green Film Festival in Seoul short film, 2013[42][43]
2014 Picnic 신촌좀비만화 - seg. 피크닉 Yes Yes No short film from Mad Sad Bad[44]
The Wind Will Carry Us 바람이 우리를 데려다 주리라 Yes Yes No 2016 15th Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival[45]
2015 Her legend 그녀의 전설 Yes Yes Yes [46]
2016 2016 Film Pansori, Chunhyang 2016 필름 판소리, 춘향뎐 Yes Yes No documentary[47]
2018 Kokdu: A Story of Guardian Angels 꼭두 이야기 Yes Yes No Korean traditional music performance documentary[48]

Actor

Television

Theater

Film credits
Year Title Credited as Notes
English Korean Director Screenplay Producer
2004 Fascination 매혹 Yes No No

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2000 Baeksang Arts Awards Best New Director[a]
Memento Mori
 Won
2001 Fantasporto International Fantasy Film Award Nominated
Paris Film Festival Grand Prix Nominated
Slamdance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize Nominated
2006 Busan Film Critics Awards Best Screenplay
Family Ties
 Won
Best Director Won
Korean Association of Film Critics Awards Best Film Won
Thessaloniki International Film Festival[49] Jameson Audience Award Won
Best Screenplay[b] Won
Golden Alexander (Best Feature Film) Won
Blue Dragon Film Awards[50] Best Screenplay Nominated
Best Director Won
Best Film Nominated
Korean Film Awards Best Screenplay[b] Nominated
Best Director Nominated
Best Film Nominated
2007 Baeksang Arts Awards Best Screenplay[b] Nominated
Best Director Nominated
Grand Bell Awards[51] Best Screenplay[b] Won
Best Director Nominated
Best Film Won
Deauville Asian Film Festival Lotus Jury Prize Won
Movie Day Promising Director Won
Ministry of Culture and Tourism Young Artist of Today Award Won
2011 Fribourg International Film Festival[52] Ex-Change Award by Youth Jury
Late Autumn
 Won
Special Mention of the Jury of the
International Federation of Film Societies		 Won
Buil Film Awards Best Director Won
Grand Bell Awards Best Director Nominated
Busan Film Critics Awards[53] Best Film Won
Korea Green Foundation[54] Green Santa Award — Won

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d with Min Kyu-dong
  2. ^ a b c d with Sung Ki-young

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